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Here you will find baseball stories about players, fields, coaches, history, the present, and the experience of baseball.
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Summer Collegiate And Amateur Baseball League (SCABL) season is in full swing all over the USA. With fans piling into packed baseball parks, fields, and stadiums there is a ton of excitement and energy throughout the SCABL network of teams and leagues. Have you been to an awesome game this summer and have a cool…
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Today, June 20th, is the first official day of Summer. It feels like Summer has been happening for about 30 days or so in the summer collegiate and amateur baseball league world. And now that NCAA tournament fields are settled or narrowed to 2 teams, many collegiate student athletes are reporting to their summer baseball…
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Summer road trips are about as traditional as summer baseball. Families pack into cars with kids and pets and coolers and good intentions and hit the roads of the USA in search of lakes, beaches, recreation, and perhaps a baseball game or two. For me growing up, our summer road trip was always Maine, Bar…
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Bubble Gum – The Big League Valentine’s Day Gift For A Baseball Fan
Nothing says I love you on Valentine’s Day, Opening Day, Christmas Day, heck any day like a pack of Big League Chew® Bubble Gum and an 80 count bucket of delicious gumballs. Yes, it is official, I know I am loved. I mean name a baseball player, coach, parent, fan that has not heard of…
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A Saturday Afternoon Visit To Frisco Rough Riders Baseball Field
Last Saturday was a work day for me (ABF Freight) in Dallas. So, after work, I took the short drive north from the Dallas Terminal to Frisco, Texas to check out the Frisco RoughRiders baseball experience. I found parking in front of what looked like a condominium complex with a baseball statue out front, on…
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A Friday Afternoon Visit To Arlington’s Texas Rangers Baseball Fields Past and Present
Last week, I was back in Dallas, Texas for work (ABF Freight) and decided to check out some more baseball experiences. According to a Google search of “baseball fields,” two Texas Rangers fields were listed – Globe Life Park and Globe Life Field. Curious, I thought and so I decided to take the short drive…
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Where Would The Ted Williams Famous 502 Foot Home Run Ball Land In Your Ballpark?
Slow news day for baseball with a travel day planned for tomorrow, so I decided to do a little research. Have you ever seen this red seat while visiting Fenway Park? It is in the right field bleacher section in the greatest baseball stadium of all-time. Do you know what it signifies? Do you know…
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Baseball Cards, Comics, Collectibles On Full Display at 757 Card Show
A few weeks ago, I reached out to the organizers of the 757 Card Shows here in Hampton Roads. Phil and Russell were awesome to get back in touch with me and I mentioned that I was going to their recent show (January 25th, 26th) at the Virginia Beach Fieldhouse. They agreed to meet up…
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Friday Morning Visit to Houston’s Baseball USA Complex, aka The Yard
Last Friday was my last official work day in Houston for ABF Freight. For the week, I had already experienced a ton of great baseball…
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Friday Night Baseball At Daikin Park Featuring Astros Vs. Angels
Friday night, my last work night in Houston, I had the unbelievable opportunity to finish up work early and head to downtown Houston. My destination…
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A Wednesday Morning Walk Into The University Of Houston Cougars Baseball Complex
Last Wednesday, before going into work for ABF Freight, I found two really cool Houston baseball experiences to check out. The first was MacGregor Park,…
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Tuesday Night Baseball At War Memorial Featuring ODU Monarchs Vs. VCU Rams
Tuesday night, the ODU Monarchs Baseball team continued their 2025 home away from home series of games in Hampton, VA. Hampton’s War Memorial Stadium was…
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Saturday Morning Visit to Sacramento State And Hornets Baseball Field
On my travels back to the airport to come home from a business trip to Sacramento for ABF Freight, I decided to stop in at nearby California State University at Sacramento. The university, the football field, the campus, and baseball field will literally on the way, plus I needed gas for my rental car. So…
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I’m Sorry, Did The Much Hyped Dodgers vs. Yankees World Series End Already?
With the New York Yankees winning the 2024 American League Pennant and the Los Angeles Dodgers winning the 2024 National League Pennant, the 2024 World Series was supposed to be an epically historical baseball matchup. You have the two biggest media markets in New York and Los Angeles. You have stars on the field like…
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Friday Afternoon Visit To Sutter Health Park, Home Of The Sacramento Rivercats
Last week, I was on the west coast on assignment for ABF Freight. Sacramento, California to be exact. After a busy week of work and a cool experience at the Golden 1 Center to see the Sacramento Kings play the Portland Trailblazers, I had some personal time on Friday to explore Sacramento’s baseball fields and…
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How Club Baseball Extends The Baseball Life Of The College Student-Athlete
I have a ton of respect for student-athletes. In order to be good at math, most people have to work at it. In order to be good at relationships, most people have to work at it. In order to hit a baseball fair 3 out of 10 times, you guessed it, you have to work…
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Can We some how, Some Way Summon The Voice Of The Dodgers To Call this Series?
If you are smarter than me, which isn’t saying much, can you make this happen? Through the power of software and ingenuity, can you have the voice of the late, great Vin Scully call the 2024 World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and his beloved Los Angeles Dodgers? Can you take all those decades…
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The Non-Predictable Forces That May Decide This Year’s World Series
Major League Baseball has worked very hard over the past few decades to make the outcome of a baseball game more predictable and more accurate. Wins vs opponent, batting average vs Pitcher, defensive WAR (wins against replacement), baserunning, win percentage on the road on a Saturday night. Instant replay, manager’s challenges, home run replay challenges.…
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